Where's the madness?

It's close to 7pm on the first night of the second round of the ncaa tourney. Any other year over the past ~20 I'd be positioned in front of the tube cheering for some upset that would bust everyone's bracket - including my own - in the hope of seeing cinderella dance into the sweet sixteen and beyond. Unfortunately 7pm in Thailand is 8am on the east coast, and the sports bars around here prefer cricket (!) to ncaa bball. We were hopeful at first when we saw some Irish bars, but even they thought march madness was some foreign epidemic.

But it's not a total loss. Every game can be viewed online (though at poor quality) and the really late games are on just as we wake up. So right now I'm looking forward to waking up early, getting some of that instant coffee they serve around here, and navigating to cbs.com - just in time to root against Duke.